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>> right before the election. i talked to vice president biden since the election, and i talked to members of the white house team constantly, you know, whether it's been jack lew or gene sperling or -- >> it's pretty remarkable you have not talked to the president since the election. why is that? >> i don't think it's remarkable. having worked in the white house, these guys got a lot on your plate. this is one of the things on the plate but they've got plenty to do. give joe biden were president would we've had -- >> who knows? if bill clinton had been president would we've had a grand bargain? what i know is we need a grand bargain and to get a grand bargain both sides have to move out of their comfort zones. >> let's talk about those two sides, and start with what you were asking democrats to do. in your new plan, you say that you need $600 billion in deficit reduction from health savings. the last best offer from the white house was 400 billion. you were saying they need to do quite a bit more. >> they do need
>> right before the election. i talked to vice president biden since the election, and i talked to members of the white house team constantly, you know, whether it's been jack lew or gene sperling or -- >> it's pretty remarkable you have not talked to the president since the election. why is that? >> i don't think it's remarkable. having worked in the white house, these guys got a lot on your plate. this is one of the things on the plate but they've got plenty to do. give joe...
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we re-elected president obama. in your state in massachusetts where i was educated and worked for many years, your state is off the chart, off the chart for big government. they want all the things that the president says he will provide. they want income redistribution. so, yes, the problem is that our government is riding us into bankruptcy, but we the people are allowing it. why? >> let me just reference that. listen, bill, as you referenced my mom and dad were married four times and my mom was on welfare. the safety net, not as lifelong entitlement and there are people in massachusetts and throughout this great country who care very deeply which direction we are going on in. i'm one of them. >> bill: most of folks in your state don't see it the way you see it even though you were elected as senator. >> they see it but they also fell for the rhetoric, when you put republicans in charge of the senate they are going to take away all of our rights. but on the fiscal issues we have tremendous amount of hard working
we re-elected president obama. in your state in massachusetts where i was educated and worked for many years, your state is off the chart, off the chart for big government. they want all the things that the president says he will provide. they want income redistribution. so, yes, the problem is that our government is riding us into bankruptcy, but we the people are allowing it. why? >> let me just reference that. listen, bill, as you referenced my mom and dad were married four times and...
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. >> i was elected to speak the truth. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- quite sequestration. march 1st is the deadline. they warn 800,000 civilian employees will have to take unpaid leave in federal employee workers will have to take a cut for the next six months. the long lines at the airport, travel delays. you may want to be careful what you e because food safety inspectors will be affected. they will be taking a hit. salaries in congress are safe, but they tell us none of this is supposed to happen. >> it was never meant to become implemented policy. >> and now they face a simple choice. are they willing to compromise to protect vital investments and all the jobs that depend on them? or would they raer put hundreds of thousands of jobs and our entire economy at risk just to protect a few special interest tax loopholes that benefit only the wealthiest and biggest corporations? >> of sequestration was never meant to be implemented, then why was it implemented? >> the president is the one
. >> i was elected to speak the truth. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- quite sequestration. march 1st is the deadline. they warn 800,000 civilian employees will have to take unpaid leave in federal employee workers will have to take a cut for the next six months. the long lines at the airport, travel delays. you may want to be careful what you e because food safety inspectors will be affected. they will be taking a hit. salaries in congress are safe, but...
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the same catch to run in the general election, one must do extremely well in the money election. you do not have to win, but you have to do well. there are just as few relevant funders in our democracy as inere are lesters an lesterland. really? .3% of americans gave money in the 2000 election. .05% gave the maximum amount in the 2012 election. .01% gave $10,000 or more in the to doesn't 12th election. .003% gave $100,000 or more. .00042%, 159 americans, gave 60% of the super pacs money spent in the 2012 election. i think it is fair for me to say .05% is a good estimate of the relevant funders, and these flanders are our lesters. if you think about the great stuff said about the small dollar contributions in 2012, total amount was $330 million. 34 lesters gave as much as all the small dollar numbers combined. this is what we can say isu.s. land. citizens united is ultimately correct. as in lesterland, only after the funders have had their way with the candidate who want to prevail in that general election. number 2, obviously this dependence on funders produces a subtle understat
the same catch to run in the general election, one must do extremely well in the money election. you do not have to win, but you have to do well. there are just as few relevant funders in our democracy as inere are lesters an lesterland. really? .3% of americans gave money in the 2000 election. .05% gave the maximum amount in the 2012 election. .01% gave $10,000 or more in the to doesn't 12th election. .003% gave $100,000 or more. .00042%, 159 americans, gave 60% of the super pacs money spent...
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these are numbers for the next election, 2014. right now the democrats are about 17 votes shy of taking over the house of representatives. they're about five votes ahead of where they have to be to hold the senate. can they do it? can barack obama leave office having won back the united states congress and then, of course, aiming toward the second goal of his greatness, getting the democrat to replace him, hillary or joe biden. >> on the congressional side, history generally tends to be against presidents in midterm elections. they don't tend to do so well. they tend to lose seats historically, but i think -- >> clinton didn't. >> i think there are exceptions. what barack obama is counting on is a combination of sort of wearing down the republican party. there is a sense of demoralization on the right, and if you can tamp down that turnout because essentially you're throwing so many issues at the republican base -- >> yeah. >> they almost can't resist it and at the same time you're hiking up the excitement and keeping the level of
these are numbers for the next election, 2014. right now the democrats are about 17 votes shy of taking over the house of representatives. they're about five votes ahead of where they have to be to hold the senate. can they do it? can barack obama leave office having won back the united states congress and then, of course, aiming toward the second goal of his greatness, getting the democrat to replace him, hillary or joe biden. >> on the congressional side, history generally tends to be...
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he is the guy that has his successor elected, a democratic successor elected. he is the guy that starts a real era. can he win and the clintons not win? i mean -- can they both win, or is there a natural rivalry here between the two of them on history? >> well, there is a natural rivalry. but right now they're inextricably linked. i think that's what is interesting about this moment in history. for time really starting with the last campaign. bill clinton was needed by barack obama, and clinton loves to be needed. and i think that carries forward. i don't think that dynamic will change now. that for both of them to establish what they want in history, they need each other. but it's also true. and the reason bill clinton reacted so strongly to that -- that comment about ronald reagan is because bill clinton understood some of the truth of that. he always realized that he was sort of a transitional presidency, that he didn't -- and he regretted that he didn't have the opportunity, he felt, to be a great president because no crisis arose that allowed him that shot
he is the guy that has his successor elected, a democratic successor elected. he is the guy that starts a real era. can he win and the clintons not win? i mean -- can they both win, or is there a natural rivalry here between the two of them on history? >> well, there is a natural rivalry. but right now they're inextricably linked. i think that's what is interesting about this moment in history. for time really starting with the last campaign. bill clinton was needed by barack obama, and...
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. >> at the end of the day, i was elected to speak for 26 million texans and speak the truth. >> quest rationed. march 1st as the deadline. they warn 800,000 civilian employees -- sequestration. a 20% cut in pay for six months. flying will be tougher. long lines at the airport, travel delays. you may want to be careful what you eat because food safety inspectors will be effected. fbi and law enforcement will take a hit. member salaries in congress are safe but the staff will take a hit. they tell us non was supposed to happen. >> it was never supposed to be implemented policy. >> they face a simple choice. are they willing to compromise to protect vital investments in education, health care, national security, and all the jobs that depend on them? or would they rather put hundreds of thousands of jobs and our economy at risk to protect a few special-interest tax loopholes that benefit only the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations? that's the choice. >> of sequestration was never in meant to be implemented, then why wasn't implemented? >> it was a failure by the white house. th
. >> at the end of the day, i was elected to speak for 26 million texans and speak the truth. >> quest rationed. march 1st as the deadline. they warn 800,000 civilian employees -- sequestration. a 20% cut in pay for six months. flying will be tougher. long lines at the airport, travel delays. you may want to be careful what you eat because food safety inspectors will be effected. fbi and law enforcement will take a hit. member salaries in congress are safe but the staff will take a...
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up until the last election, four years ago, the last time we elected someone who is not a governor or vice president or president for reelection was 1960. every other president has been a governor, vice president or resident. it makes sense. the american people want someone who has been tested. the governor is a chief executive, the buck stops with you. a lot of great governors -- jeb bush had some very nice things to say about you over the years. education policy is one area you both feel passionately about. if abner bush ran for president, would that be a hillary like impact in terms of scaring people away? >> it would have an impact. look at his two terms as a werner -- governor. he balances budget without raising taxes. he put in place major education reform that a lot of other governors try to replicate. he has a great record of success. in the past, if you took your finger and covered his last name and just talked about jeb, a lot of us would talk about him running for president. he is still a bush. no doubt about it. a number of names on either side of the aisle will say, is it
up until the last election, four years ago, the last time we elected someone who is not a governor or vice president or president for reelection was 1960. every other president has been a governor, vice president or resident. it makes sense. the american people want someone who has been tested. the governor is a chief executive, the buck stops with you. a lot of great governors -- jeb bush had some very nice things to say about you over the years. education policy is one area you both feel...
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they scared us before the election with the fear tactics about women. they're going to take your birth control away. they're going to take abortion away. it's always fear tactics with the left. always. and the thing is if the republicans do not stand strong the ball is in their court. they're holding the cards. if they flinch and they let this go, the opportunity -- >> the base will walk away. >> base will walk away. >> the base will walk away and the party will self-destruct. it's split so badly. it will self-destruct. >> look, we need to have cuts. some way. this way they are guaranteed to happen. >> these little puny nothing cuts. rana, what's your response to this? you're on, shall we say, the other side of the street. what is your response? >> i'm going to shock with you and agree with you that sequester is not going to be as big of a deal as it's been made out to be but not for the reasons you think. we're only going to see these cuts in play for a few months until we get a new federal budget for 2014, which is hopefully going to happen in may. if
they scared us before the election with the fear tactics about women. they're going to take your birth control away. they're going to take abortion away. it's always fear tactics with the left. always. and the thing is if the republicans do not stand strong the ball is in their court. they're holding the cards. if they flinch and they let this go, the opportunity -- >> the base will walk away. >> base will walk away. >> the base will walk away and the party will self-destruct....
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it probably did swing the election. but what they did not seem to think was on affair was that he outspent his opponent in that race by 3.1 million to $840,000. even with the independent spending he outspent her by well over $1 million. perfectly fine, perfectly fair, the normal consequence of the ad. this is just fine and normal and the way it ought to be. let a group of citizens come in who are not controlled by a candidate and spend money? this is outrageous. this must be stopped. that was his position. we see it over and over again in these races. we see a candidate like pete defazio, who had never had a serious challenge, he actually had to break a sweat. he won his re-election fairly easily, but he had to at least run for the first time in years primarily because independent spending was made possible by a challenger. a couple of the of the things that occur -- we could go on and on with examples, but i will leave that as it is. one thing that we see is that i think citizens united has made an political parties --
it probably did swing the election. but what they did not seem to think was on affair was that he outspent his opponent in that race by 3.1 million to $840,000. even with the independent spending he outspent her by well over $1 million. perfectly fine, perfectly fair, the normal consequence of the ad. this is just fine and normal and the way it ought to be. let a group of citizens come in who are not controlled by a candidate and spend money? this is outrageous. this must be stopped. that was...
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>> elections are free marketplace and everybody has a right to participate in primary elections. i would say primary elections need to not be selected by the party in my case and also in senator rubio's case the party chose someone else and in senator rubio's case chose someone who is now a democrat. it wasn't a good choice. let's have healthy primaries. if people want to contribute on all sides let people make voluntary contributions and you will see how it goes. i think primaries you get a good candidate typically. >> chris: let's turn to the president's agenda. what is wrong with the idea that the president laid out in the state of the union that yes at this time particularly when we have a weak recovery we need to spend more money he calls it investment on education on infrastructure, on research, especially when mr. obama says if you make cuts in other places we won't add, his words, a dime to the deficit. >> yeah, he said that about 20 times in the last four years. meanwhile he added $6 trillion to the debt. i think it is really disingenuous. he said in the speech that he r
>> elections are free marketplace and everybody has a right to participate in primary elections. i would say primary elections need to not be selected by the party in my case and also in senator rubio's case the party chose someone else and in senator rubio's case chose someone who is now a democrat. it wasn't a good choice. let's have healthy primaries. if people want to contribute on all sides let people make voluntary contributions and you will see how it goes. i think primaries you...
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you know, i thought we elected, many of us thought we elected, whether for him or against him, the most gifted orator, the most -- gate who made the most easy connection with people. and yet these last four years have been an effort for him almost to persuade us otherwise. >> well, he's a very unlikely politician. and here's the reason. he's essentially very competitive. he wants to win. he wants to be president and change the world as much as he can. but he's incredibly ambivalent about the political -- the nature of politics. >> it's a necessary evil. >> and that shows up. i mman, that first debate was a classic example of that. i say and in the book you will see, he has more of a writer's sensibility than a politician's sensibility. he is both a participant and an observer of the process. and so as he's participating seeing the surreal aspects of wwat he has to do. that's not -- that might be a good quality in a person. it's not a good quality necessarily in a politiciann3 or a president. bill clinton was incredible at transactional politics. i call him the most brilliant, authentic
you know, i thought we elected, many of us thought we elected, whether for him or against him, the most gifted orator, the most -- gate who made the most easy connection with people. and yet these last four years have been an effort for him almost to persuade us otherwise. >> well, he's a very unlikely politician. and here's the reason. he's essentially very competitive. he wants to win. he wants to be president and change the world as much as he can. but he's incredibly ambivalent about...
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the first two elections in indonesia, all three elections in the palestine and but the main thing we do is deal with tropical diseases. neglected diseases. one of the most notable acheestment has been beginy worm. we started out with 3.5 million cases and 26,500 villages. we have been to every village. now from 3.5 million to last year 542 cases only. >> that's amazing. >> and in january, there was zero cases of guenae worm in the world for the first time in history. >> could you have cracked it? >> well, we will have more cases come up later on in the year but we are cutting down. eventually we will have zero cases of guenea worm on earth and that's will be the second disease eradicated from the world. >> let's take one short final break. [ woman ] we had two tiny reasons to get our adt security system. and one really big reason -- the house next door. our neighbor's house was broken into. luckily, her family wasn't there, but what if this happened here? what if our girls were home? and since we can't monitor everything 24/7, we got someone who could. adt. [ male announcer ] while s
the first two elections in indonesia, all three elections in the palestine and but the main thing we do is deal with tropical diseases. neglected diseases. one of the most notable acheestment has been beginy worm. we started out with 3.5 million cases and 26,500 villages. we have been to every village. now from 3.5 million to last year 542 cases only. >> that's amazing. >> and in january, there was zero cases of guenae worm in the world for the first time in history. >> could...
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if i may -- is that the sheriffs are typically, in this country, the only elected that law-enforcement officers and the associations do not fall in line with the appointed police chief's across the country. according to the good wishes and good will of their mayors. i would like to say thank you on. what a terrific panel, thank you for being here. well, that is it for us tonight. coming up next week, the ways and means an intelligence committee member, congressman dennis nunes of california. john silva joins us to talk about his runaway markets, and chris stirewalt will straighten out as much of my political thinking as he can. thank you for joining us over this weekend. we hope you have a wonderful the era of big government is over but it's not. it is getting bigger. what is in store for our future? tonight. [applause] >> my audience and i just watched the state of the union. once again i am freaked out. president says he will not increase the deficit but the government will consume more money and more of my freedom that is what i heard. with someone who respects the dignity the indiv
if i may -- is that the sheriffs are typically, in this country, the only elected that law-enforcement officers and the associations do not fall in line with the appointed police chief's across the country. according to the good wishes and good will of their mayors. i would like to say thank you on. what a terrific panel, thank you for being here. well, that is it for us tonight. coming up next week, the ways and means an intelligence committee member, congressman dennis nunes of california....
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the first two elections in indonesia, all three elections in the palestine and but the main thing we do is deal with tropical diseases. neglected diseases. one of the most notable achievement has been guinea worm. we started out with 3.5 million cases and 26,500 villages. we have been to every village. now from 3.5 million to last year 542 cases only. >> that's amazing. >> and in january, there was zero cases of guinea worm in the world for the first time in history. >> could you have cracked it? >> well, we will have more cases come up later on in the year but we are cutting down. eventually we will have zero cases of guinea worm on earth and that's will be the second disease eradicated from the world. >> let's take one short final break. [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your progress-oh! story on facebook. >>> when i was a president, i pointed out that human rights would be the foundation of our foreign policy and this is a statement that i made and i wrote a long note
the first two elections in indonesia, all three elections in the palestine and but the main thing we do is deal with tropical diseases. neglected diseases. one of the most notable achievement has been guinea worm. we started out with 3.5 million cases and 26,500 villages. we have been to every village. now from 3.5 million to last year 542 cases only. >> that's amazing. >> and in january, there was zero cases of guinea worm in the world for the first time in history. >> could...
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rubio is a tea party republican >> he was supported by the tea party the last time around as he got elected. several of them are not happy with his position on immigration. rand paul is striking out. like his father, i think one day he wants to run for president. he's going to deliver the message of the tea party >> jon: at a certain point, could there be that and the tea party and one that is an interpretive dance afterwards? the president now, you know, there's an awful lot going on about the imperial presidency and he's a tyrant. i think he made a smart move by saying we should probably set judicial limits for how we use drones >> we have to acknowledge what he's doing. you should have to answer to someone. >> jon: you would think you would have to answer to someone. do you think the idea is that he didn't for a few years and then they said that there was a recourse and that each case was viewed but only by someone... no judicial review at all >> there's no formal process where a court has to review it. that's one of the things they're talking about. in some ways it's not practical. we h
rubio is a tea party republican >> he was supported by the tea party the last time around as he got elected. several of them are not happy with his position on immigration. rand paul is striking out. like his father, i think one day he wants to run for president. he's going to deliver the message of the tea party >> jon: at a certain point, could there be that and the tea party and one that is an interpretive dance afterwards? the president now, you know, there's an awful lot going...
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if they want to win national elections. if they want to win statewide elections. i think that one thing they do have going for them, though. and this is something that i think goes to mr. -- congressman israel's memo, republican state legislatures have managed to redistrict house seats in such a way they've stacked all the democrats off in minorities into one democratic district, or two democratic districts, making the republican districts that much safer in the house. and that's how they're really trying to lock in their electoral advantage in the house of representatives and try to preserve a republican majority in the house is through redistricting. and is i think that's actually quite ominous. >>> and republican-led state houses, with the power, they get to draw the map. but we hear from tea party favorite rand paul over the weekend talking about the fact he thinks more people involved in elections is a good thing. the more the better. meanwhile, rove, karl rove, is trying to trim out the fat of tea partiers, and the fact they've weighted down the republican b
if they want to win national elections. if they want to win statewide elections. i think that one thing they do have going for them, though. and this is something that i think goes to mr. -- congressman israel's memo, republican state legislatures have managed to redistrict house seats in such a way they've stacked all the democrats off in minorities into one democratic district, or two democratic districts, making the republican districts that much safer in the house. and that's how they're...
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turning to efforts to change this, the election of the president of bolivia marks a real turning point in relations with the international community, and in terms with the government policy towards the coca leave. the administration adopted this, this cocaine no approach, they eliminated the eradication strategy that had led to so many human rights violations, violence, social conflict, and replace that with the program of voluntary social control, which is actually having better results than previous policies, certainly more so than neighboring policies. but with regards to the international convention, the government began a campaign to try to correct this historical error. the first thing they did, which everyone agreed was sort of a modest effort, was to try to amend the convention by removing the two subparagraphs the basically say that it needs to be abolished within the 25 year period that has now passed some years ago. they simply wanted to delete those two paragraphs. without any objection, libya's request would've been automatically accepted. but not surprisingly, the u.s. le
turning to efforts to change this, the election of the president of bolivia marks a real turning point in relations with the international community, and in terms with the government policy towards the coca leave. the administration adopted this, this cocaine no approach, they eliminated the eradication strategy that had led to so many human rights violations, violence, social conflict, and replace that with the program of voluntary social control, which is actually having better results than...
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he will have to say you elected a president who's on your side? now will you elect a congress on your side so we can move america forward? maria, will the president fight to change the congress as part of his agenda for the second term? >> i mean, the fact that he immediately enlisted ofa now made it a nonpart -- a for-profit organization that basically is trying to mobilize the 16 million voters. he's going to need to get a congress that's friendly to him. that's why you're seeing karl rove say wait a second, we need to go back into new hampshire and have a much more modernist republican party. >> do you have the same diagnosis? >> i hi e think you've done some extensive research on the brain tonight, but i would recommend lots of bedrest. >> thank you, dr. dana, thank you maria teresa. thanks for your time. ahead on president's day, we're asking who is more deserving of a spot on mount rushmore? president obama? or president reagan? >>> and michelle obama reveals what inspired her bangs. stay with us. it's "politics nation" on msnbc, president's
he will have to say you elected a president who's on your side? now will you elect a congress on your side so we can move america forward? maria, will the president fight to change the congress as part of his agenda for the second term? >> i mean, the fact that he immediately enlisted ofa now made it a nonpart -- a for-profit organization that basically is trying to mobilize the 16 million voters. he's going to need to get a congress that's friendly to him. that's why you're seeing karl...
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teaches elections. and the side of the republicans -- >> you would have thought the 2010 elections would have taught republicans to not nominate these types of candidate in 2012. but they did. and same thing happened in the senate races on the republican side of the aisle. i think there is a flaw in the primary process. i don't know if what rove is trying to do is going to fix it. i think it is a problem with the party itself. i think the tea party's influence has resulted in the republican -- certain republicans and communities having bad candidates. but it will take a lot more than just one organization dipping its fingers and toes into the party waters to change it. it is going to be a change in the party platform in general. >> let's listen to what he said today. >> now, the republicans -- we all know that they simply do not know how to speak for themselves. whether it is the consultant class that has advised them not to be critical of obama because of some mythical group of voters doesn't like it.
teaches elections. and the side of the republicans -- >> you would have thought the 2010 elections would have taught republicans to not nominate these types of candidate in 2012. but they did. and same thing happened in the senate races on the republican side of the aisle. i think there is a flaw in the primary process. i don't know if what rove is trying to do is going to fix it. i think it is a problem with the party itself. i think the tea party's influence has resulted in the...
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. >> there's a white house project that has been around for the last couple of election cycles s and they had eight in '08. so several of the women the white house project identified several years before the 2008 election, olympia know, katherine sebelius were in there, and barbara lee was here six years ago with her foundation, talked about locking at women governors. so we wanted to look at women governors who had been through some of barbara lee's training as parts of the pipeline to the presidency. >> we also made the observation that when a male is elected to senatorship, immediately he is cast as a future presidential hopeful. scott brown had not been sworn in yet in massachusetts and the url scott brown 2012.com was already purchased. but so many women had been in washington for so many years, as legislators and working on important work, and yet their names never bubble to the top. and we were curious, why not? >> how did you decide you wanted to write this book? all threeoff you stud yesterday similar topics. how did the book actually come about? >> your idea. >> well, i gue
. >> there's a white house project that has been around for the last couple of election cycles s and they had eight in '08. so several of the women the white house project identified several years before the 2008 election, olympia know, katherine sebelius were in there, and barbara lee was here six years ago with her foundation, talked about locking at women governors. so we wanted to look at women governors who had been through some of barbara lee's training as parts of the pipeline to...
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the election of john paul roim -- i overnight. he was prayerful and they picked him almost automatically and stame with pope john paul ii. you - pope benedict. i don't think we can tell at this point. >> monsingor, always good to see you and we'll pull for a longhornser or north american as you say. >> thank you, eric. >> libyans, thousands of therm marking the uprising that toppled gad gad. many are sporting flaggings on their cars and balloons and featuring the national colors. the new leader calling for unity in the nation. but the new libyan central government has little authority beyond the capitol of tripoli. the country is fractured. there are militia. >> explosion in baghdad this morning. 28 people were killed and dozens more wounded . here you can see burned out hulkings was -- buildings and cars. sunday is the beginning of the work day there. >> the national gun debate rages on and new quis of a potential fall out. they are halting production in response to sweeping gun laws. adam houseley is following this from los ange
the election of john paul roim -- i overnight. he was prayerful and they picked him almost automatically and stame with pope john paul ii. you - pope benedict. i don't think we can tell at this point. >> monsingor, always good to see you and we'll pull for a longhornser or north american as you say. >> thank you, eric. >> libyans, thousands of therm marking the uprising that toppled gad gad. many are sporting flaggings on their cars and balloons and featuring the national...
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the first two elections in indonesia, all three elections in the palestine and but the main thing we do is deal with tropical diseases. neglected diseases. one of the most notable achievement has been guinea worm. we started out with 3.5 million cases and 26,500 villages. we have been to every village. now from 3.5 million to last year 542 cases only. >> that's amazing. >> and in january, there was zero cases of guinea worm in the world for the first time in history. >> could you have cracked it? >> well, we will have more cases come up later on in the year but we are cutting down. eventually we will have zero cases of guinea worm on earth and that's will be the second disease eradicated from the world. >> let's take one short final break. on for over 75 years people have saved money with gecko so.... director's voice: cut it! ...what...what did i say? gecko? i said gecko? aw... for over 75 year...(laughs. but still trying to keep it contained) director's voice: keep it together. i'm good. i'm good. for over 75...(uncontrollable laughter). what are you doing there? stop making me lau
the first two elections in indonesia, all three elections in the palestine and but the main thing we do is deal with tropical diseases. neglected diseases. one of the most notable achievement has been guinea worm. we started out with 3.5 million cases and 26,500 villages. we have been to every village. now from 3.5 million to last year 542 cases only. >> that's amazing. >> and in january, there was zero cases of guinea worm in the world for the first time in history. >> could...
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they are not still elected officials. it was believed by congress they were still entitled to that level of pay. host: there been efforts to make it higher or tap it? guest: there was an effort last year in congress that was introduced to the years ago. it would have removed the tide to executive level pay and set it at $200,000. it would have removed the benefits -- the other benefits provided and just given a block of $200,000, an additional $200,000 to the former president. for every dollar of the former president earned in excess of $400,000, $1 would have been removed from the second block of $200,000. host: what about presidential allowances? george w. bush got $1.3 million. bill clinton got $978,000. what is the presidential allowance? why does george bush have $1.3 million and the others have descending amounts? guest: there has been a change in the way the presidential announced breaks out. we are including all benefits in that. historically, the pension has been the big ticket price in the costs associated with
they are not still elected officials. it was believed by congress they were still entitled to that level of pay. host: there been efforts to make it higher or tap it? guest: there was an effort last year in congress that was introduced to the years ago. it would have removed the tide to executive level pay and set it at $200,000. it would have removed the benefits -- the other benefits provided and just given a block of $200,000, an additional $200,000 to the former president. for every dollar...
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he's won two elections. >> i'm going to follow around john kasich. the guy still wants to be president. remember when he -- >> i remember. i think i was the lone guy. sometimes the only reporter. >> exactly. this is ohio comeback. right? and he's certainly -- >> all right. i think the big guy is bobby jindal. i think he is turning into a serious, serious front-runner. shameless plugs. amy, you first. >> so on the way here had to listen to a lot from npr in their pledge drive. >> yeah. >> you know what? let's give it to public radio. >> all right. moving the pledge right on air. this is going to kill people. we'll cut you off quickly. >> bloomer poll today looks at two things. sequester and also deficit. on deficit the public thinks it's getting higher when it's getting lower but i give the public credit. we asked them, what takes up 20% of the budget and they almost got it right. >> how about that? >> that was great. also my friend tiffany mott got married yesterday so congratulations to her. >> fair enough. thanks to our technicality issues all solv
he's won two elections. >> i'm going to follow around john kasich. the guy still wants to be president. remember when he -- >> i remember. i think i was the lone guy. sometimes the only reporter. >> exactly. this is ohio comeback. right? and he's certainly -- >> all right. i think the big guy is bobby jindal. i think he is turning into a serious, serious front-runner. shameless plugs. amy, you first. >> so on the way here had to listen to a lot from npr in their...
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on election day 2010. he said, okay, we can do now. my partner and i met him in boston at his condo in 2010. that is when i got a sense that he was really intending to run. >> i got a sense of who's definitely intending to run. >> david, i have the sense that you to you guys thought you were running against mitt romney. you always sort of used him as the face of the republican party. is that unfair? >> after the 2008 elections, he asked me who i thought the nominee would be in 2012. and i said my romney. i knew that we would head into an economic maelstrom. i spoke about the opposite very of presidential races that people potentially emerged out of this. there is mitt romney's business background and so on. he is like the kind of person that could emerge from not. on election day of 2010, it was clear to me that they that there were forces as part of the republican party and it was going to be challenging for any nominee to navigate those forces. but they were going to have to make some difficult choices.
on election day 2010. he said, okay, we can do now. my partner and i met him in boston at his condo in 2010. that is when i got a sense that he was really intending to run. >> i got a sense of who's definitely intending to run. >> david, i have the sense that you to you guys thought you were running against mitt romney. you always sort of used him as the face of the republican party. is that unfair? >> after the 2008 elections, he asked me who i thought the nominee would be in...
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we just got this president re-elected. we have a lot to do with president obama. >>> ahead, we are throwing our own oscar party here at "politicsnation." academy awards got a little political this year. victor! victor! i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't have a mascot! ohhh! eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. hmmm. for giant hunger! thanks mom! see ya! whoaa...oops! mom? i'm ok. grandma? hi sweetie! she operates the head. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your sid
we just got this president re-elected. we have a lot to do with president obama. >>> ahead, we are throwing our own oscar party here at "politicsnation." academy awards got a little political this year. victor! victor! i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't have a mascot! ohhh! eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. hmmm. for giant hunger! thanks mom! see ya! whoaa...oops! mom?...